Who are the best of the best? To clarify this question, the “Who’s Who” of Austrian sports came together on Wednesday for the Lottery Sports Aid Gala in the Vienna Stadthalle. The election of Austria’s Athlete of the Year should be a victory lap for Austria’s winter athletes:
Ski world champion Stephanie Venier, who retired in the summer and is now pregnant, ski jumping overall World Cup winner Daniel Tschofenig and Austria’s ice hockey men, who made it to the quarter-finals at the World Cup, were awarded the coveted “Niki” trophies.
In the Coach of the Year category, Oliver Glasner from Riedau was honored for winning the FA Cup with Crystal Palace. In the Coach of the Year category, Oliver Glasner from Riedau was honored for winning the FA Cup with Crystal Palace. He didn’t expect the award in Vienna, “because we are more of a winter sports nation,” said the 51-year-old, where the award will have a place of honor.
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Source: Nachrichten
